Wagon-cover.



A. HIGDON.

WAGON COVER- 7 APPUCATION FILED DEC. 24. 19'4- 1,173,352. Patented Feb.29,1916.

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ANDY HIGDON, or NEVADA, IOWA.

WAGON-COVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

Application filed December 24, 1914. Serial No. 878,881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDY HIcooN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and resident of Nevada, in the county of Story and State ofIowa, have invented a new and useful lVagon-Cover, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide removable and replaceablemeans for covering a wagon-box, especially when said box is loaded withsubstance from which it is desired to exclude rain, snow, dust orsunshine.

A further object of this invention is to provide a foldable andextensible cover for wagon boxes and the like, which includes in itsconstruction a metal frame and means for attaching said frame to awagon-box.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combinationof elements hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims andillustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is aninverted plan of the cover, portions being broken away to economizespace. Fig.- 2 is a cross-section of the cover on the indicated line 22of Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale, showing also side-boards of a wagon-boxand the manner of attaching the oover-frame to said box. Fig. 3 is adetail elevation, on an enlarged scale, of one of the bow members and ayoke for attaching the same to a side-board.

In the construction of the devices as shown the numerals 10, 11, 12designate ridge-pole members adapted to be arranged in alinement andeach constructed of a single metal rod having terminal eyes 13, 14. Ahook 15 is pivoted at one end to the eye 14 of the member 10 and hooksinto the eye 13 of the member 11. A hook 16 is pivoted to the eye 14 ofthe member 11 and hooks into the eye 13 of the member 12. An end prop 17is made of a single metal rod doubled and formed with an eye 18 at itscenter, and the ends of said rod are brought into close relations Witheach other and are pivoted in the eye 13 of the member 10. A fork 19 isformed with an eye 20 at its center, which eye is pivoted in the eye 18of the end prop. An end prop 21, identical in construction with the endprop 17 has its end portion pivoted in the eye 14 of the member 12 andcarries a fork 19 at its looped end. The forks 19 on the end props 17and 21 are adapted to engage the upper margins of endgates of a wagonbox firmly. The members 10, 11, 12, the hooks 15, 16 and the end props17, 21 constitute the ridge-pole or longitudinal support of the device.

Bow members 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 are secured to the wagon boxside-boards 28, 29, and to the ridge-pole and support the latter asabout to be described. Each bow-member is constructed of a single lengthof metal rod, doubled and formed with an eye 18 at its center and havingits terminals pivoted to the ridge-pole member 10 or 11 or 12. Eachbow-member carries a fork 19 having an eye 20 pivoted in the eye 18thereof. The bow-members are arranged in pairs and the pairs arearranged in spaced relations, one pair of bow-members being provided foreach ridge-pole member, and the individual members of each pairdiverging, in use, from the ridge-pole to the sideboards.

A roof or cover 30, preferably made of flexible Waterproof material,such as canvas, is mounted on the frame and is secured, such as bystitching or tying not shown, to the ridge-pole members 10, 11, 12 andthe bow members 22, 23, 24. The cover 30 preferably is provided witheyelets or holes 81 in its corners and side margins adapted to receiveropes, not shown, for securing the cover to members of the Wagon box orthe gear carrying the same. The forks 19 preferably are made ofresilient material such as steel in order that they may grip theportions of the wagon box engaged thereby. The cover may be removed andfolded and rolled into small compass, by unhooking the hooks 15, 16 fromthe eyes 13 and turning them through arcs as indicated by arrows a inFig. 1 to the bow members 22, 23, by moving the end props through arcsas shown by arrows b in Fig. 1 to the bow-members 22, 24, and by movingthe bow-members 25, 26, 27 through arcs as shown by arrow 0 in Fig. 2 tothe opposite bow members 22, 23, 24, and then folding the flexible coveron its center and rolling the device from one end to the otherthroughout its length.

I claim as my invention 1. A wagon cover, comprising a jointed metalridge-pole, bow members pivoted to said ridge-pole, resilient forks forsecuring ends of the ridge-pole and box-members to a Wagon-box, and aflexible roof mounted thereon.

bers pivoted to said ridge-pole, forks on the end-props and bow-membersadapted to engage a Wagon-box, and a flexible cover or roof mounted onsaid ridge-pole and bowmembers. 7 I v 3. A ridge-pole formed in sectionshaving eyes on their ends, hooks inter-engaging said .eyes, end propsengaging extreme eyes of 10 the series of sections, and forks pivoted toouter ends of said props, the Whole being jointed, pivotally connected,and foldable.

, v ANDY HIGDQN.

Witnesses: I FRED E. HANSEN, GEORGE W. HEALLEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of letents,

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